All writers are the same - they forget a thousand good reviews and remember one bad one.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Writers are rememberers.
Writing is exhilarating, but reading reviews is not. I've been really devastated by 'good' reviews because they misunderstand the project of the book. It can be strangely galvanising to get a 'bad' one.
When you get a bad review, you hate the writer. It's very painful; whoever says the opposite lies. It's humiliating. Sometimes it comes from an honest place, but most times, it comes from a desire to trash someone.
I have forgotten my rave reviews and memorized my vicious ones - like most writers.
As for critics, one mediocre writer is more valuable than ten good critics. They are like haughty, barren spinsters lodged in a maternity ward.
Comparing oneself with one's fellow writers is a bad idea. I would not review a fellow writer unless I had something terribly positive to say.
People forget that writers start off being readers. We all love it when we find a terrific read, and we want to let people know about it.
There are so many stories to be told, by so many good writers.
I'm not one of those writers who insist they don't read reviews and don't care much about them. I do read them, and I do care about them, and they're not always what you want them to be in an ideal world.
I think all writers are different. I've been with a few writers; they're all different.